When you woke up on Monday morning, it was a gloomy day outside. You took a bath and changed into your most comfortable oversized t-shirt and joggers. For a flickering moment you thought about how you are going to approach Yong-joon at University but then quickly shook your head, as if dusting off the thought and decided to face it as it comes. You will wait for him to come and talk. You wanted an answer, that's all you knew.
But none of it happened. It was like unpredictable things were flooding in your way like never before. Yong-joon didn't even showed up to college that day. That's when your anger slowly started converting into worries. What exactly happened to him ? Was he even okay ?
You asked all of your mutual friends about the last time they have heard from him but none of them could be of any help. The last one who had any contact with him were you , on the day before his birthday, when he called you up.
This was really getting over your nerves. You sat on your desk , massaging the temple of your head as you started feeling a little drizzy. All you knew was that you needed to distract yourself or your head might just blast and splatter all around.
While walking back to your dorm, you were thinking of a thousand possible things that might have happened to Yong-joon. May be he was playing some massive prank, may be he went on a trip and forgot to take his phone, may be he was a spy and his work was done and he vanished in thin air... " Like seriously Y/N ! That's all you have... Think of something more weird and stupid " , you don't know you said that in your head or way too loud.
After returning back you started getting hungry. You looked around but just had ramen in stock and you were not in a mood for them. So you decided to go down to the store and get something good for yourself.
As soon as you entered the store, the memory of that unknown man crossed your mind and automatically your lips curved up for a smile. 
Tangerines... Let's buy Tangerines !
You picked up a couple of them, dropped inside a paperbag and walked towards the billing counter.
The lady at the counter almost hopped a little after seeing you.
" Hey.... You thought about it ? Will you do the work ?" she said it in a breath and was waiting desperately for a positive answer.
Damn ! Amid all of the chaotic things happening in your life since last few days, you completely forgot about the job thing. But it would be a good distraction for you and that's for sure.
Without giving it anymore thought you said,
" Yeah... I'll do it. I mean... I want to do it. So from when can I start ? "
" Aee... Now? Can you do that ? Actually I'm a single mom and because I have to do double shifts I hardly get anytime to spend with my little girl "
Now you knew why exactly she was so desperate for someone to take the job. You felt a bit sad for her and even if you weren't even thinking of doing the work a minute ago, you really didn't mind starting it right off.
Within the next 15 minutes you had signed a few papers, understood the billing system and were wearing a badge with the logo and the name of the store on it.
You waved good bye to the lady and sighed. Then you took a moment to rethink about all the sudden things happening around you. Even though there were a lot of bad shit to count on, you can't even deny that this rush of events was kind of exciting as well.
You were deep in your thoughts when you head the door of the store squeak a little and your first ever customer walked inside.
It was him. The guy. The stranger who made you feel warmth. Why weren't you shocked ? Were you expecting him or something ? You really don't know.
As usual, he was dressed in all black. Oversized hoodie, skinny jeans, a mask covering his face and a baseball cap with two silver rings pierced through it, all of these were black.
He walked up to the counter straight away and stood there, gazing at your eyes.
You were the first one to speak.
" Hey !"
" You look beautiful. " A deep raspy voice glided inside your ears like honey, making you fluster a bit as his sudden compliment.
" Wh... What ?" You stumbled upon your words as what he said what the last thing you were expecting but that someone got you blush a bit as well.
"Ahh.. You... Your hair... Your hair looks beautiful." He said in a hesitant voice, probably shocked at himself for saying that in a flash and halfway embarrassed that he might have offended you.
You stared at him blankly for a moment and then slowly reframed yourself to put up a smile. He was cute and there's no doubt about it.
" Thanks... And Thanks for the last day as wel..."
" Tangerines ? Do you have tangerines ?" 
He cuts your words halfway and threw  that question on you. It was like he didn't want you to remember that moment of vulnerability. He didn't want credit for any comfort he gave.
" Yes... Right there " you said while pointing towards the fresh fruits section.
In a moment he returned back with a bag full of them, got them billed and while leaving he waved you a good bye.
It was nothing special yet so special. You smiled like a fool for god knows how long. How was this man so warm, so effortlessly ? Well that's a question you have asked yourself for too many times by now.
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A/N:
Hey there !
Any guesses about what might have happened to Yong-joon ?
And are you liking this sweet - short interactions with " The Guy " ?? 😆
Do leave a comment.
Boraeh 💜